COUCH

Couch

A couch or sofa is a piece of furniture for seating two or more people in the form of a bench, with or without armrests, that is partially or entirely upholstered, and often fitted with springs and tailored cushions. Although a couch is used primarily for seating, it may be used for reclining.

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couch

Noun

  1. An item of furniture for the comfortable seating of more than one person.
  2. Bed, resting-place.
  3. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley.
  4. A preliminary layer, as of colour or size.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. couch grass, a species of persistent grass, Elymus repens, usually considered a weed.

Verb

  1. To lie down; to recline (upon a couch or other place of repose).
  2. To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.
  3. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch.
  4. To lay something upon a bed or other resting place.
  5. To arrange or dispose as if in a bed.
  6. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.
  7. To transfer (e.g. sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire mould to a felt blanket for further drying.
  8. To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle.
    to couch a cataract
  9. To lower (a spear or lance) to the position of attack.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To phrase in a particular style, to use specific wording for.
    He couched it as a request, but it was an order.
  2. To conceal; to hide


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